
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
July 22, 1946 (79 years old)
San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As
- Danny Lebern Glover
Danny Glover
Biography
Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, film director, and political activist. He is best known for his co-starring lead role as Sergeant Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series.
Glover has had a variety of film, stage, and television roles. He starred as the husband to Whoopi Goldberg's character, Celie in the celebrated literary adaptation of The Color Purple, and as Lieutenant James McFee in the film Witness. He had leading roles in other films including To Sleep with Anger, Predator 2, Angels in the Outfield, and Operation Dumbo Drop. He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his starring role in Charles Burnett's To Sleep with Anger.
Also, he has had prominent supporting roles in Silverado, Witness, A Rage in Harlem, Dreamgirls, Shooter, Death at a Funeral, Beyond the Lights, Sorry to Bother You, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, The Dead Don't Die, Lonesome Dove and Jumanji: The Next Level. Glover earned top billing for the first time in Predator 2, the sequel to the science fiction action film Predator. During his career, he has also made several cameos, appearing, for example, in the Michael Jackson video "Liberian Girl" of 1987.
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In 1994, he made his directorial debut with the Showtime channel short film Override. Also in 1994, Glover and actor Ben Guillory founded the Robey Theatre Company in Los Angeles, focusing on theatre by and about black people.
Known For
Acting

The Naughty Nine
2023

Double Soul
2023

American Dreamer
2022

Press Play
2022

Jumanji: The Next Level
2019

The Last Black Man in San Francisco
2019

The Dead Don't Die
2019

Christmas Break-In
2018

Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
2018

The Old Man & the Gun
2018

Sorry to Bother You
2018

Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
2018

Howard
2018

Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018

Come Sunday
2018

Proud Mary
2018

The Christmas Train
2017

The Curse of Buckout Road
2017

The Good Catholic
2017

Tour de Pharmacy
2017

Cold Case Files
2017

Extortion
2017

Monster Trucks
2016

Almost Christmas
2016
Crew

Memoria
Co-Producer
2021

Prayers for the Stolen
Co-Producer
2021

Capernaum
Executive Producer
2018

Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Executive Producer
2018

Zama
Co-Producer
2017

That Summer
Executive Producer
2017

Strong Island
Executive Producer
2017

Shadow World
Executive Producer
2016

White Sun
Executive Producer
2016

Cemetery of Splendor
Co-Producer
2015

Concerning Violence
Co-Producer
2014

The House I Live In
Executive Producer
2012







